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Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike is a rumoured Liverpool transfer target(Image: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\nLatest Liverpool news and rumours as a fresh update emerges on Eintracht Frankfurt star and in-demand striker target Hugo Ekitike ahead of the summer windowEintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike is a rumoured Liverpool transfer target(Image: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Liverpool<\/a> have already held talks with the representatives of Eintracht Frankfurt forward Hugo Ekitike, according to fresh reports.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old France youth international has emerged as one of Europe’s most sought after attacking talents with a number of top clubs in the market for a striker this summer.<\/p>\n Liverpool are among them amid uncertainty over the futures of Mohamed Salah<\/a>, Darwin Nunez<\/a>, Diogo Jota <\/a>and Luis Diaz<\/a>.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Philippe Coutinho rolls back the years with Liverpool-esque goal amid Jurgen Klopp reminder<\/a>READ MORE: Liverpool handed Alexander Isak transfer ‘update’ as Newcastle United plot next move<\/a><\/p>\n While Newcastle United’s Alexander Isak has long been regarded as the standout candidate among fans and the media, a deal for the Sweden international is far from straightforward given the excessive fee that would be required to prise him from St James’ Park.<\/p>\n Therefore, it is no surprise to see links with alternative options emerge. According to journalist Ben Bocsak, reporting for Anfield Watch<\/a>, preliminary talks with Ekitike’s representatives have already taken place in London last week.<\/p>\n He is among the options to replace Nunez in the forward line should the Uruguayan depart Anfield<\/a> at the end of the season.<\/p>\n The article claims discussions with the player’s agent were exploratory and to simply outline the vision and present their intentions.<\/p>\n However, Liverpool were not the only club to do so, with representatives of both Arsenal<\/a> and Manchester United<\/a> also holding talks with Ekitike’s camp.<\/p>\n Talks were understood to be positive and all three clubs are expected to be in the race for the forward when the summer transfer window arrives.<\/p>\n However, it is also worth noting that both United and Arsenal have been heavily linked with Sporting CP striker Viktor Gyokeres, who is also in-demand as the window approaches.<\/p>\n Ekitike came through the ranks in France at Stade de Reims and spent time at Paris Saint-Germain before he was signed by Eintracht Frankfurt on a permanent deal last summer.<\/p>\n This season, he has scored 19 goals and registered eight assists in 39 appearances across all competitions for the Bundesliga club.<\/p>\n He has a long-term deal with Frankfurt which runs until the summer of 2029. The youngster’s stock has been steadily rising across the current campaign and widespread reports indicate it will take a fee in the region of \u00a360m to sign him this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Latest Liverpool news and rumours as a fresh update emerges on Eintracht Frankfurt star and in-demand striker target…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[763,1596,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-2589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-liverpool-fc","9":"tag-liverpool-fc-transfer-news","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114282930172523768","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}